Corset attachment.



UNITED ELLEN O. DAILEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Specification of Letters Patent.

IPatentecl April 13, 1909.

filed. April 1%, 1908. Serial No. 426,945.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, ELLEN O. BAILEY, citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented an improvement in Corset Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to a corset attachment adapted to be employed with an ordinary corset clasp to maintain the parts thereof together in their closed or engaging relationship, thus preventing the same from becomin unclasped accidentally the object of the invention being to provide a device which is detachable and which may be readily attached to the corset for the purposes for which it is intended.

In carrying out my invention, 1 preferably employ a blank body member adapted to span a corset steel and adapted to cover the same adjacent to a socket member of a corset clasp, means whereby the said body member may be detachably secured to a corset and means connected to the said body member and adapted to yieldingly engage the stud member of the corset clasp when in position within the socket member to hold the parts together against accidental displacement.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a plan view of the blank or body member from which my improved corset attachment is made. Fig. 2 is an edge view showing the body member folded into its normal shape together with a spring clamp member attached thereto. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the attachment as shown in Fig. 2. Fig. i is an elevation of the parts as attached to a corset, showing the same in their operative positions. Fig. 5 is a plan view of a modified form of blank or body member. Fig. 6 is a similar view showing the parts employing the member holding in position the spring clamp member attached thereto, and Fig. 7 is a plan view of a still further modified form of the blank or body member.

Referring to the drawing, my improved corset attachment preferably comprises a blank or body member indicated at a, having an 'open center 10. The opposite parts 11 12 of the body member a are adapted to be folded over upon one another upon the central line x, x, for instance, to the position shown in Fig. 2; upon each extremity of the body member a are end portions of reduced width in which eyes 14: are provided and when the parts are folded over these eyes 14 preferably register with one another. Furthermore, the blank or body member a may be provided in a suitable position alon the edge of the opening 10 with a lug 15 which as shown in Figsv 1 to 4 inclusive, is placed along one of the short ed es of the said opening 10, and. as shown. in Figs. 5 to 7 inclusive, this lug 15 can be placed along one of the longer outer edges of the body member a. In either instance the lug 15 is foldec and turned over on itself to form a bearing for the spring clamp member 16 in which in a suitable position. a icon 17 is provided.

Now as will be apparent the hereinbefore described attachment is adapted to fit over the edge of the corset adjacent to the socket member of the clasp thereof as shown in Fig. at, wherein the socket member is indicated at 18 and the attachment made secure by being sewed to that portion of the fabric 19 comprising the corset adjacent to the socket member 18, so that the attachment spans the corset steel on both sides of the said socket member, the attachment being fastened to the fabric by lines of sewing indicated at 20 passing through the respective eyes 14 of the body member of the attachment. As will also be apparent when the stud member 21 which is secured in the other corset steel, is passed to position within the socket member 18, the spring clamp member 16 may be depressed sufiioiently to permit the loop 17 therein to engage the shank of the said stud member, which in so doing passes under the head of this stud member to thereby yieldingly engage the same and maintain the parts that are clasped in their closed position.

I do not wish to limit myself to the manner in which this attachment may be secured to the fabric of a corset, and to this end as is indicated in Figs. 5 and 6, the ends of the body or blank may be simply rounded and the body member so folded on itself as to frictionally engage the material of the corset when spanning the steel thereof, or as is indicated in Fig. 7, instead of employing the reduced end sections with the eyes therein, I may provide the opposite ends of the blank or body member with tines or prongs 22, which manifestly when the parts of the blank are folded over on one another, may pass through the fabric of the corset and turn down to hold the attachment in position thereon.

I claim as my invention 1. A corset attachment comprising a body member the parts of which are adapted to span the steel of a corset adjacent to a socket member of the clasp thereof, means whereby the said body member may be detachably connected to a corset and means connected to the said body member to yieldingly engage the stud member of the corset clasp when in position within the said socket member thereof to hold and secure the parts against accidental displacement.

2. A corset attachment comprising a body member having an open center and the parts of which are folded over on one another so as to be adapted to span the steel of a corset adjacent to a socket member of the clasp thereof, means whereby said body member may be detachably connected to the corset, and means pivotally connected to the said body member to yieldingly engage the stud member of the corset clasp when in position within the said socket member thereof to hold and secure the parts against accidental on the said bearing to yieldingly engage the stud member of the corset clasp when in position within the said socket member thereof to hold and secure the parts against accidental displacement.

4. A corset attachment comprising a body member having an open center and the parts of which are folded over upon one another so as to be adapted to span the steel of a corset adjacent to a socket member of the clasp thereof, there being eyes provided in the ends of the said body member whereby with suitable lines of sewing the same may be secured to the corset, a lug integral with the said body member and turned down to form a bearin thereon, a spring clamp member mounted on the said bearing and provided with a loop so placed as to engage the stud member of the corset clasp when in position within the socket member thereof.

5. A corset attachment comprising a body member the parts of which are adapted to span the steel of a corset and to be detachably secured thereto, and means connected to said body member to yieldingly engage the stud member of the corset clasp when in position within the said socket member thereof to hold and secure the parts against accidental displacement.

Signed by me this 3rd day of April 1908. ELLEN C. BAILEY. Witnesses:

A. H. SERRELL, BERTHA M. ALLEN. 

